Gigi’s playhouse fashion show lets Down syndrome models strut their stuff
A toddler had a little help with her modelling turn, holding on to an adult as she wore a peach outfit with a tutu. And another young woman wore a leopard coat over a T-Shirt with the message: “Go Love Yourself.” Gigi’s Playhouse is an…
‘Never let lifestyle expenses come in the way of saving’
For Manjusri Nair, 49, a surgeon, and her husband, Gopinath Nair, 51, a consultant, financial planning seemed like a distant aim when they started out. Even when the couple became parents, the focus stayed firmly on their careers and raising their son Nischal, now 16. Like many…
How Fashion Is A Powerful Form Of Affirmation For Many Queer People
As a young actor and LA kid growing up in the entertainment industry, Jordi knew that clothing was powerful. For Jordi, who uses they/them pronouns and only goes by their first name, dressing up onstage allowed them to try on characters and identities they didn’t…
The Clothing Rental App That Wants To End Fast Fashion
Brits purchase more clothing than any other European country, spending £2.7 billion ($3.5 billion) on fashion that they only wear once. The founder of a fashion technology company called By Rotation is hoping to change consumer habits, and help the planet to boot. U.K.-based, India-born and Singapore-raised Eshita Kabra…
3 Ways to Disrupt the Disruption in the Fashion Industry
Disruption is the central tenet of the fashion Industry. Finding the axis of stability—as one struggles to sustain by the existential quicksand of question that traps any budding or established ‘fashionprenuer’—is a great challenge. In order to survive in this ever-changing wilderness of glamorous catwalks, luxury…
Anushka Sharma in gold ear cuff takes fashion cues from Serena Williams. This is what it costs
Anushka Sharma recently attended an event in Mumbai and for the occasion the diva channeled her inner boss lady in suave androgynous attire. The diva made an appearance at the bash in navy and white plaid two-piece attire with a twist, and we are literally…
Putting Northern Ireland cinema on the movie map
Hamish Calvert celebrates the films that are continuing to raise the profile of Northern Ireland cinema. Not everyone traditionally associates Northern Ireland with big screen ventures, but in recent years the local film and TV industry has become widely associated with a worldwide phenomenon: Game Of…
Piyush Goyal Invites Filmmakers to Promote Cinema on Trains, Akshay Kumar Hails the Idea
Minister of Railways and Commerce Piyush Goyal has lauded the novel idea of Indian Railways to invite filmmakers to promote their cinema projects on trains. The minister has also invited more filmmakers to use the medium of railways to reach out to the masses, using…
Metallica Smashes Global Box Office Record With ‘S&M²’
Best-selling heavy metal titans Metallica have smashed a new record—but this time, it’s at the box office. Last week, the band released its new concert film, Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M², in more than 3,700 cinemas around the world. The film pulled in more than $5.5…
Arkadin Cinema & Bar, St. Louis’ First Microcinema, to Open in Bevo in 2020
The Bevo neighborhood is already a destination for some of the city’s best dive bars and Bosnian food — to say nothing of the iconic Bevo Mill — and soon, it will be home to the only microcinema in St. Louis.In early 2020, first-time entrepreneurs Keith Watson and…